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management plans are prepared, staff have to familiarise themselves with a new park and liaise with the community, including inviting the public to comment on a draft plan before its adoption by the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment. Subsequent additions of many disparate parks, particularly in the north east, have added to the preparation workload; however, plans are now being completed at a faster rate. Parks are prioritised for plan of management preparation according to factors such as the degree of threat to natural and cultural values, levels of public access, and major weed, pest or fire-related concerns. Where management plans are not in place, parks are managed in accordance with the NPW Act, and DECCW statewide policies. Only limited activities can take place in these parks until a plan is prepared. Although plans of management are not yet prepared for all parks, DECCW has ensured that all parks with the exception of very recent additions are covered by fire, pest and visitation management strategies/plans. Comprehensive, adequate and representative (CAR) values (such as old growth and rare or threatened flora and fauna species and ecological communities) are identified within plans. Plans of management also provide details of national estate values (such as wilderness, catchments, disjunct populations, centres of endemism, and aesthetic, cultural and geological values) where relevant. Matters of national environmental significance, such as areas on the National Heritage List and any World Heritage or RAMSAR sites, are also identified within the plans. Management actions to conserve all identified values are contained within the management plans and any plans containing nationally significant sites are referred to the Australian Government for comment before finalisation. Supporting documentation Details on the development of individual Plans of Management can be found at: www.environment.nsw.gov.au/parkmanagement/ParkManagementPlans.htm Milestone 2.2 Release and adoption of NSW Biodiversity Strategy Refer to UNE, LNE and Eden Forest Agreements section 2.4.1 and Att 8; Southern Forest Agreement section 2.4.1, Att 6 (2) (d) Progress of milestone: complete The first NSW Biodiversity Strategy was released in March 1999 and has since been implemented. It was an important initiative that advanced both knowledge and capacity, and lead to many conservation achievements. It included education components, such as student and teacher resource kits, and the establishment of a Biodiversity Research Network to facilitate communication and cooperation in biodiversity related research. There continue to be significant challenges to conserving biodiversity in NSW, including newly emerging threats such as climate change. Furthermore, since the Strategy was published there have been a broad range of NRM reforms including the introduction of the Native Vegetation Act 2003 (NV Act) and the establishment of Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) and amendments to the TSC Act that provide for the biocertification of environmental planning instruments and biobanking. In view of this there is a need to update the Strategy, and developing a new Biodiversity Strategy is a priority in the NSW State Plan. A public discussion paper on a revised strategy was released for comment in 2008. Submissions will be considered in finalising the strategy. Although a new NSW Biodiversity Strategy is currently being developed, the completion of the original Biodiversity Strategy was achieved in 1999; therefore this milestone is considered complete. Supporting documentation Details on the NSW Biodiversity Strategy can be found at: www.environment.nsw.gov.au/biodiversity/nswbiostrategy.htm 8 Review of NSW Forest Agreements and Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals
Milestone 2.3 Forests NSW to produce ESFM plans Refer to UNE, LNE, Eden Forest Agreements section 2.1.1; Southern Forest Agreement sections 2.2.1, 4.3, Att 6 (1), Att 2 (a) Progress of milestone: complete The Forests NSW ESFM plans incorporate the blueprint for achieving the principles of ESFM for state forests. They set out the broad strategies, performance indicators and measurement outcomes for management of state forests in each region over a five-year period. Draft ESFM plans were displayed for public comment in September 2000 for the Eden, LNE and UNE regions. Feedback received during the public exhibition and discussion with regulatory agencies resulted in further refinement of the plans. The plans for Eden, LNE and UNE were finalised in August 2005. Plans for the South Coast and Tumut subregions of the Southern region were also finalised in August 2005, following a public consultation process in early 2005. ESFM plans highlight areas of significant environmental risk that require the development of supplementary plans. These supplementary plans are currently being developed or have been completed. For example, regional plans to manage pests and weeds are complete, whilst draft plans are being prepared for grazing and management of dedicated and informal reserves. These draft plans will be used for consultation purposes. Although some supplementary plans are currently being developed, the requirement to finalise broad ESFM plans was achieved in 2005; therefore this milestone is considered complete. Supporting documentation Final ESFM plans can be found at: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/forests/management/esfm Milestone 2.4 Report on meeting targets in ESFM plans Refer to UNE, LNE, Eden, Southern Forest Agreements section 2.2.6 Progress of milestone: ongoing As noted in milestone 2.3, ESFM plans were published in 2005. A process for reporting on the indicators in the ESFM plans is being developed. A draft report template has been prepared, which is being discussed with Forests NSW regions and will be finalised once the ESFM criteria and indicators are finalised (see discussion on the review of ESFM criteria and indicators in Chapter 4). It is worth noting that the ESFM criteria and indicator component of the annual forest agreement implementation reports capture most of the indicators in the ESFM plans. Much of the data that is used in ESFM criteria and indicator reporting may also be used to report on meeting targets in ESFM Plans. Forests NSW also publishes an annual sustainability report at a state level through the Social, Environmental and Economic (Seeing) Report. Many of the indicators in the Seeing Report mirror those in the ESFM Plans and forest agreements. Supporting documentation Forest agreement implementation reports can be found at: www.environment.nsw.gov.au/forestagreements/monitoring.htm Forests NSW’ Seeing Reports can be found at: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/resources/corporate-publications Review of NSW Forest Agreements and Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals 9
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